Gather ’round all working people, it’s time to clock out for a well earned three day weekend. Let Balcony Radio soundtrack your days off with our Annual Labor Day Show. In this episode, we spin two dozen of the best rock, pop, country and soul songs about W-O-R-K. Stick it to The Man and play songs that keep workin’ long past 9 to 5.
PLAYLIST:
FINEST WORKSONG: REM (DOCUMENT)
9-5: DOLLY PARTON (9-5 AND ODD JOBS)
DON’T TALK TO ME ABOUT WORK: LOU REED (LEGENDARY HEARTS)
SOLIDARITY FOREVER: PETE SEEGER (IF I HAD A HAMMER)
THERE B POWER IN A UNION: BILLY BRAGG (TALKING WITH THE TAXMAN ABOUT POETRY)
WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK: LOUIS ARMSTRONG (DISNEY SONGS THE SATCHMO WAY)
WORKING GIRL: CHER (CHER)
CHAIN GANG: SAM COOKE (THE MAN WHO INVENTED SOUL)
FACTORY: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (DARKNESS AT THE EDGE OF TOWN)
GRAVEYARD SHIFT: STEVE EARLE/DEL MCCOURY BAND (THE MOUNTAIN)
16 TONS: STEVIE WONDER (DOWN TO EARTH)
5 O’CLOCK WORLD: THE VOGUES (26 GREATEST HITS)
PAY GAP: MARGO PRICE (ALL AMERICAN MADE)
WELCOME TO THE WORKING WEEK: ELVIS COSTELLO (MY AIM IS TRUE)
ALLENTOWN: BILLY JOEL (THE NYLON CURTAIN)
CLEANING WINDOWS: VAN MORRISON (BEAUTIFUL VISION)
COAL TATTOO: HAZEL DICKENS (A FEW OLD MEMORIES)
SUMMERIME BLUES: T.REX (ROCK N ROLL EP)
MORNING TRAIN: SHEENA EASTON (TAKE MY TIME)
FORTY HOUR WEEK: ALABAMA: (GREATEST HITS)
THIS FUCKING JOB: DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS (THE BIG TO-DO)
IT’S NOT MY PLACE: THE RAMONES (PLEASANT DREAMS)
WORKING MAN: RUSH (RUSH)
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